Feeling underwhelmed by the relative lack of movement ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline? Not impressed with a day whose highlights included a stockpile of second-rounders for Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie, the inability of the Lakers to go into full-on tank mode with trades of Jordan Hill or Pau Gasol and blockbusters such as Spencer Hawes for Earl Clark?

Have no fear. There will be much excitement coming to the NBA’s transaction wire. You’ve just got to wait until 2015.

Increasingly, executives around the league are saying that that summer — and the months leading up to it — has become the focus of many teams. It is not quite to the level of the summer of 2010, when LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer, Joe Johnson, Rudy Gay and a cast of big names were free agents, prompting teams to meticulously clear out cap space for them.

For example: When speaking to the media Thursday afternoon, Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak threw some cold water on the notion that LA's mountain of cap space this summer would mean the team can be rebuilt before next year, as those in Lakerland have so long assumed.

Kupchak said the Lakers' rebuild will be a multiyear task. Translation: Wait till 2015.

With good reason — 2015 figures to be a unique summer. Not only will there be a quality roster of free agents, but there will be a remarkable number of top-tier big men available.

Kevin Love is the name that has attracted the most attention, but LaMarcus Aldridge, Brook Lopez, Marc Gasol, DeAndre Jordan and Roy Hibbert will all be free agents, too. Tyson Chandler is aging, but he is on the list, and could be joined by Zach Randolph, depending on how Randolph handles the player option in his contract.

Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has already said he wants to test free agency in ’15, and it is possible that Klay Thompson — depending on how things shake out in Golden State — could be available as a restricted free agent then, too.

That’s why, coming out of this year’s trade deadline day, there are about 15 teams scheduled to have significant cap space in the summer of 2015. That’s half the league, of course, and that much space will make it a player’s market for sure. But there will be plenty of players available.

“More and more you have teams that are already looking ahead to (the summer of 2015),” one general manager said. “You are going to see teams really be reluctant to give out long-term deals going forward, and it is because everyone wants to keep their cap flexible to see if they can shake something out next year.

"I think everyone is going to be a little smarter about it than they were in the LeBron summer, but that is where a lot of teams’ plans are pointed right now.”

Some of that could start early. Love, for example, has already been the subject of much speculation, and though the Timberwolves have him under contract, they will have to consider — especially if the team fails to reach the playoffs again — moving him well ahead of his impending free agency, perhaps even this summer.

Even that will be a move rooted in what is shaping up to be a ’15 free-agent bonanza. Sure, the trade deadline was underwhelming this time around. But have patience — that will be changing in the coming year.